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	\|successor9 = Abdul Khaleque ~~Mollah~~		\|successor9 = [[Abdul Khaleque Molla]]
	\|office11 = [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) from [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp\|title=Alphabetical List Of All Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952\|accessdate=30 January 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420052807/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp\|archive-date=20 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		\|office11 = [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) from [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp\|title=Alphabetical List Of All Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952\|accessdate=30 January 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420052807/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp\|archive-date=20 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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	\|death_place =		\|death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	\|party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from 1964		\|party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from 1964
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	'''Mohammed Amin''' (15 April 1928 – 12 February 2018) was an Indian politician from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the largest [[communist]] party in [[India]]. He was a Vice President of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]].		'''Mohammed Amin''' (15 April 1928 – 12 February 2018) was an Indian politician from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the largest [[communist]] party in [[India]]. He was a Vice President of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]].

	He was a member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[West Bengal]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]] from 1988-1994. He was also the All India General Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the workers union politically affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).		He was a member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[West Bengal]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]] from 1988 to 1994. He was also the All India General Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the workers union politically affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	He was born to an [[Urdu]]-speaking family at [[Shibpur]] in April 1928. His grandfather Abdur Rehman hailed from [[Varanasi District]] and was a farmer, who had left for [[Karachi]] and had then settled at [[Shibpur]]. Amin's father was brought up by a vindictive step-mother. Amin's mother hailed from [[Bhagalpur District]]. When Amin was 8 years, he was one of two boys in his neighbourhood who survived an [[epidemic]] of [[smallpox]]. He had no formal education. He became a jute mill worker in 1942 at a time when [[Calcutta]] was experiencing regular bombardments during ~~the~~ [[World War II]]. His wage was then Rs. 7 and 13 annah per 1100 yards of [[jute]]. He worked entire day, and had some English education at a night school. He became a member of the Bengal Jute Mill Mazdoor Union at that time. After the end of World War II in 1945, he left his job and entered politics.		He was born to an [[Urdu]]-speaking family at [[Shibpur]] in April 1928. His grandfather Abdur Rehman hailed from [[Varanasi District]] and was a farmer, who had left for [[Karachi]] and had then settled at [[Shibpur]]. Amin's father was brought up by a vindictive step-mother. Amin's mother hailed from [[Bhagalpur District]]. When Amin was 8 years, he was one of two boys in his neighbourhood who survived an [[epidemic]] of [[smallpox]]. He had no formal education. He became a jute mill worker in 1942 at a time when [[Calcutta]] was experiencing regular bombardments during [[World War II]]. His wage was then Rs. 7 and 13 annah per 1100 yards of [[jute]]. He worked entire day, and had some English education at a night school. He became a member of the Bengal Jute Mill Mazdoor Union at that time. After the end of World War II in 1945, he left his job and entered politics.

	==Career==		==Career==
	=== Introduction to politics ===		=== Introduction to politics ===
	In 1946 when he was only 18, he had earned the membership of [[Communist Party of India]] on the same day along with Chandra Roy. On 29 July 1946, he attended a huge rally at [[Maidan (Kolkata)\|Maidan]] on the call of Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress (BPTUC), a state wing of [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC), on a day when a successful strike was organised ~~under the~~ call ~~of BPTUC~~. He had also experienced the riots of Calcutta in 1946-47 till independence. He had married in March 1948. His father-in-law died of [[cholera]] after 6 months, and after another 6 months his mother died of [[tetanus]].		In 1946 when he was only 18, he had earned the membership of [[Communist Party of India]] on the same day along with Chandra Roy. On 29 July 1946, he attended a huge rally at [[Maidan (Kolkata)\|Maidan]] on the call of Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress (BPTUC), a state wing of [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC), on a day when a successful strike was organised on BPTUC's call. He had also experienced the riots of Calcutta in 1946-47 till independence. He had married in March 1948. His father-in-law died of [[cholera]] after 6 months, and after another 6 months his mother died of [[tetanus]].

	=== Riots of 1950, migration to East Pakistan, imprisonment & return to India ===		=== Riots of 1950, migration to East Pakistan, imprisonment & return to India ===
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	In 1996, Amin was made a CPI(M) candidate from [[Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Garden Reach]], a constituency which has deluded the Left Front candidate thrice in a row. Amin won the seat by a whopping 14,000 votes and was made a Minister of Minorities Affairs & Development. After Rekha Bera, the Minister of Employment & E.S.I died, Amin was given additional charge of that ministry. In 1998, Amin was made a Secretariat member of CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee.		In 1996, Amin was made a CPI(M) candidate from [[Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Garden Reach]], a constituency which has deluded the Left Front candidate thrice in a row. Amin won the seat by a whopping 14,000 votes and was made a Minister of Minorities Affairs & Development. After Rekha Bera, the Minister of Employment & E.S.I died, Amin was given additional charge of that ministry. In 1998, Amin was made a Secretariat member of CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee.

	In 2001 assembly elections, Amin was re-elected from Garden Reach by a margin of 32,000 votes. He was made a Minister of Labour to the 6th Left Front government led by [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] as his predecessor Shanti Ghatak became ill before the elections, and died soon after. In 2005, his wife Moimunnisa died. In 2006 assembly elections, though Left Front increased the seats & votes, yet Amin lost surprisingly from Garden Reach. In 2007, he was elected General Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] from the 12th Conference at [[Bangalore]] held from ~~17–21~~ January. [[M. K. Pandhe]] was re-elected as the President. In March 2010, at the 13th Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Amin was succeeded by Tapan Sen as the General Secretary as Amin was becoming increasingly ill. Amin was made the Vice President. At the 2012, in the 20th party congress at [[Kozhikode]] (4 April-9 April), he was made a Special Invitee to the Central Committee.		In 2001 assembly elections, Amin was re-elected from Garden Reach by a margin of 32,000 votes. He was made a Minister of Labour to the 6th Left Front government led by [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] as his predecessor Shanti Ghatak became ill before the elections, and died soon after. In 2005, his wife Moimunnisa died. In 2006 assembly elections, though Left Front increased the seats & votes, yet Amin lost surprisingly from Garden Reach. In 2007, he was elected General Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] from the 12th Conference at [[Bangalore]] held from 17 to 21 January. [[M. K. Pandhe]] was re-elected as the President. In March 2010, at the 13th Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Amin was succeeded by Tapan Sen as the General Secretary as Amin was becoming increasingly ill. Amin was made the Vice President. At the 2012, in the 20th party congress at [[Kozhikode]] (4 April-9 April), he was made a Special Invitee to the Central Committee.

	==Death==		==Death==
	He died on February 12, 2018 at the age of 89 at his home in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/labours-loss/article10085134.ece\|title=Labour’s loss\|first=SUHRID SANKAR\|last=CHATTOPADHYAY\|website=Frontline}}</ref>		He died on February 12, 2018, at the age of 89 at his home in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/labours-loss/article10085134.ece\|title=Labour’s loss\|first=SUHRID SANKAR\|last=CHATTOPADHYAY\|website=Frontline}}</ref>

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	~~\|successor10 = Abdel~~ Khaleque Mollah
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mohammed Amin
|office = General Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]]
|term_start = 27 May 2007
|term_end = 21 March 2010
|predecessor = [[Chittabrata Majumdar]]
|successor = [[Tapan Kumar Sen]]
|office1 = Minister of Transport in [[Government of West Bengal]]
|term_start1 = February 1970
|term_end1 = March 1970
|term_start2 = 1977
|term_end2 = 1982
|office3 = Minister of Minority Affairs in [[Government of West Bengal]]
|term_start3 = 1996
|term_end3 = 2001
|office4 = Minister of Labour in [[Government of West Bengal]]
|term_start4 = 1991
|term_end4 = 1996
|office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titagarh]]
|term_start5 = 1969
|term_end5 = 1970
|predecessor5 = Krishnakumar Shukla
|successor5 = Krishnakumar Shukla
|term_start6 = 1971
|term_end6 = 1972
|predecessor6 = himself
|successor6 = Krishnakumar Shukla
|term_start7 = 1972
|term_end7 = 1977
|predecessor7 = Krishnakumar Shukla
|successor7 = Gangaprasad Show
|term_start8 = 1977
|term_end8 = 1982
|predecessor8 = Krishnakumar Shukla
|successor8 = Gangaprasad Show
|office9 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Garden Reach]]
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|term_end9 = 2001
|predecessor9 = Fazl-e Azim Mollah
|successor9 = himself
|term_start10 = 2001
|term_end10 = 2006
|predecessor10 = himself
|successor10 = Abdel Khaleque Mollah
|office11 = [[Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) from [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp|title=Alphabetical List Of All Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|accessdate=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420052807/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp|archive-date=20 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Mohammed Amin''' (15 April 1928 – 12 February 2018) was an Indian politician from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the largest [[communist]] party in [[India]]. He was a Vice President of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]].

He was a member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[West Bengal]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]] from 1988-1994. He was also the All India General Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the workers union politically affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

== Early life ==
He was born to an [[Urdu]]-speaking family at [[Shibpur]] in April 1928. His grandfather Abdur Rehman hailed from [[Varanasi District]] and was a farmer, who had left for [[Karachi]] and had then settled at [[Shibpur]]. Amin's father was brought up by a vindictive step-mother. Amin's mother hailed from [[Bhagalpur District]]. When Amin was 8 years, he was one of two boys in his neighbourhood who survived an [[epidemic]] of [[smallpox]]. He had no formal education. He became a jute mill worker in 1942 at a time when [[Calcutta]] was experiencing regular bombardments during the [[World War II]]. His wage was then Rs. 7 and 13 annah per 1100 yards of [[jute]]. He worked entire day, and had some English education at a night school. He became a member of the Bengal Jute Mill Mazdoor Union at that time. After the end of World War II in 1945, he left his job and entered politics.

==Career==
=== Introduction to politics ===
In 1946 when he was only 18, he had earned the membership of [[Communist Party of India]] on the same day along with Chandra Roy. On 29 July 1946, he attended a huge rally at [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] on the call of Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress (BPTUC), a state wing of [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC), on a day when a successful strike was organised under the call of BPTUC. He had also experienced the riots of Calcutta in 1946-47 till independence. He had married in March 1948. His father-in-law died of [[cholera]] after 6 months, and after another 6 months his mother died of [[tetanus]].

=== Riots of 1950, migration to East Pakistan, imprisonment & return to India ===
On 29 March, Alambazar of Kolkata experienced another bloody riot following massive influx of refugees from East Pakistan after [[1950 Barisal Riots]]. Within hours of an attack on a [[Bengali Hindu]] by a [[Muslim]] whose family was slaughtered by Hindus on previous night, riots spread and around 5000 Muslims had taken refuge on the roof of [[Baranagar]] jute mill. Ten Muslims were murdered including a woman. At that point, the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) leadership had instructed the party members to move to [[East Pakistan]]. On 7 April, Amin along with his family boarded a special train from [[Dakshineswar]] towards [[Gede, Nadia|Gede]] via [[Ranaghat]] and then reached [[Darshana, Chuadanga, Bangladesh|Darshana]] by walking 12 km across the border. From there, they took a train to reach [[Parbatipur Junction|Parbatipur]] in [[Dinajpur District (Bangladesh)|Dinajpur district]]. They had stayed as refugee in Dinajpur till October 1950, and had even organised a mass rally there and was subsequently warned by police. He came back to India, but was again re-instructed by his party in March 1951 to organise the party at [[Saidpur, Rangpur Division|Saidpur]] in [[East Pakistan]]. In September, he was arrested in [[Badarganj Upazila|Badarganj]] for being a Communist under Section 7/3, Public Safety Act.

On 12 November 1953 he was released from [[Rangpur Division|Rangpur]] jail after 20 months of detention. He returned to [[Titagarh]] immediately. He was made a member of Titagarh Local Committee of the CPI. He started movement with the [[Beedi]] Mazdoor Union at [[Titagarh]] and then as the organiser at a jute mill at [[Khardaha]]. While organising trade union in Britannia Engineering Ltd. in Titagarh, he was assisted by Suren Dhar Chowdhury, Sunil Roy, Dr. Girijamohon Chatterjee (an influential MBBS doctor). In 1957 assembly elections, Amin was entrusted by his party to [[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]] and ensured that CPI's candidate Sitaram Gupta defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate by 240 votes. In 1962 assembly elections, Suren Dhar Chowdhury was the CPI's candidate & he lost the elections by around 2000 votes to Krishnakant Shukla who became MLA for 3rd time. In 1964, [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|when the communist party split]], Amin joined the newly formed [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] CPI(M) with most of the workers though Suren Dhar Chowdhury and Sunil Roy stayed loyal to the CPI.

=== Introduction to legislative politics ===
In 1967 assembly elections, Amin was made the CPI(M) candidate at [[Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titagarh]] and though [[Promode Dasgupta]] campaigned for him, yet Amin lost the election due to cross-voting between the Communists. Suren Dhar Chowdhury, the CPI's candidate got 11000 votes, Amin got 17400 & [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Krishnakant Shukla won by 700 votes. On the request of Dasgupta, Amin left his job of Rs. 1000 salary & became a party whole-timer. In 1969, Amin won the assembly elections from [[Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titagarh]] and in February 1970, he was made the Minister of Transport to the [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government led by [[Ajoy Mukherjee]]. After 13 months of the 1969 assembly elections, the government was disbanded and in the 1971 assembly elections, Amin won beating horrific semi-fascist terror as administration had turned deaf & dumb. His residence was bombarded.

In 1971, in the West Bengal State Conference of CPI(M) at [[Midnapore]], he was elected as a member of the West Bengal State Committee. 1972 assembly elections in West Bengal can be described as a farce and a mockery of democracy as terror of unforeseen proportions were unleashed. Amin lost elections by 40,000 votes and Jyoti Basu lost by 50,000 votes. Amin kept his family at [[Ranchi]] and returned to Calcutta. ''Kishan Mazdoor'', the Urdu weekly of CPI(M) resumed its publication under his patronage. He brought back his family to Calcutta. In 1969 8th party congress at [[Cochin]], he was a delegate.

In 1977 assembly elections, CPI(M) won with a sweeping majority and formed the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government led by Jyoti Basu. Amin was re-elected from [[Titagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Titagarh]] defeating municipal Chairman Gangaprasad Show by a margin of 13000. Amin the Minister of Transport in this 1st Left Front government. As a minister, he had sold an eight-seated helicopter owned by the West Bengal Govt, and with that money bought double-decker buses to improve public transport in Calcutta. He gave permit to several new routes for SBSTC, private bus, minibus & long-route buses. He had also successfully implemented the launch & steamer service in the Hooghly Riverways whose initiative was taken in his early stint during the United Front government. As an MLA, he made sure that the state government acquisitioned the Britannia Engg. Ltd. at Titagarh and re-instate all its workers with less than 58 years age. The Kennison Jute Mill at Titagarh was also acquisitioned by the Govt. of India after it was shut down by the Bard & Co.

In 1982 assembly elections, Amin was however defeated at Titagarh by 132 votes. In the same year, he was co-opted into the Central Committee of the party. In 12th party congress at Calcutta in 1985, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee along with [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]], [[Biman Bose]] and [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]. In 1984 parliament elections, he was launched as a candidate from [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. However, he lost as Indian National Congress gained sympathy votes following the assassination of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. He lost assembly elections from Titagarh again in 1987 as Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] declared that if Congress wins at Titagarh, he would ensure that all the closed mills & factories would be re-opened. In 1988, he was nominated as a candidate by his party into the [[Rajya Sabha]] and remained as an MP till 1994, and re-located to [[New Delhi]].

In 1996, Amin was made a CPI(M) candidate from [[Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Garden Reach]], a constituency which has deluded the Left Front candidate thrice in a row. Amin won the seat by a whopping 14,000 votes and was made a Minister of Minorities Affairs & Development. After Rekha Bera, the Minister of Employment & E.S.I died, Amin was given additional charge of that ministry. In 1998, Amin was made a Secretariat member of CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee.

In 2001 assembly elections, Amin was re-elected from Garden Reach by a margin of 32,000 votes. He was made a Minister of Labour to the 6th Left Front government led by [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] as his predecessor Shanti Ghatak became ill before the elections, and died soon after. In 2005, his wife Moimunnisa died. In 2006 assembly elections, though Left Front increased the seats & votes, yet Amin lost surprisingly from Garden Reach. In 2007, he was elected General Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] from the 12th Conference at [[Bangalore]] held from 17–21 January. [[M. K. Pandhe]] was re-elected as the President. In March 2010, at the 13th Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Amin was succeeded by Tapan Sen as the General Secretary as Amin was becoming increasingly ill. Amin was made the Vice President. At the 2012, in the 20th party congress at [[Kozhikode]] (4 April-9 April), he was made a Special Invitee to the Central Committee.

==Death==
He died on February 12, 2018 at the age of 89 at his home in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/labours-loss/article10085134.ece|title=Labour’s loss|first=SUHRID SANKAR|last=CHATTOPADHYAY|website=Frontline}}</ref>

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